Published 10:00 pm, Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Bridgeport (5-5 overall) raced out to a 42-28 halftime lead as the Spartans fell to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the ECC.

Ivan Simic led Bridgeport in scoring with 16 points while Sean Berry notched his third consecutive double-double for the winners with 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Berry also blocked three shots.

The 60 points scored by St. Thomas Aquinas are the fewest Bridgeport has allowed in a single game this season.

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For the second straight game, the UB women lost after holding a double-digit lead in the second half, falling 51-47 to St. Thomas Aquinas at home. Bridgeport led 43-33 with 13:42 remaining, but the Lady Spartans went on a 13-0 run to take a 46-43 lead, which they kept the rest of the way.

Bridgeport (2-7 overall, 0-4 ECC) shot 46.7 percent (14-of-30) from the field in the first half but only 21.4 percent (6-of-28) in the second.